Digital technology has been a revolutionary foray in education, industry, research and recently, healthcare. Digital health encompasses various aspects of technology like information and communication, mobile health, data-recording and telemedicine. There has been an exponential and unregulated increase in digital health services in last few years which have raised concerns over data privacy, ethical standards and quality of services. The World Health Organization recently released the global strategy on digital health as a visionary document that provides a framework for countries to implement and expand digital health services. The following update briefly highlights the salient features of the update.

数字技术已成为教育，工业，研究以及医疗保健领域的革命性尝试。数字健康涵盖了技术的各个方面，例如信息和通信，移动健康，数据记录和远程医疗。近年来，数字医疗服务呈指数级增长且不受监管，这引起了人们对数据隐私，道德标准和服务质量的担忧。世界卫生组织最近发布了数字健康全球战略，作为一份有远见的文件，为各国实施和扩展数字健康服务提供了框架。以下更新简要强调了此更新的主要功能。